Information about #BC310B color

#BC310B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BC310B falls into the Red Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 49, 11) — 73.7% red, 19.2% green, 4.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 55 / 69 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BC310B reads as a pure, full-strength earthy red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Lemon Iced Tea (#BD3000). Slightly further away sit Terlingua Orange (#C13C0F) and Rust (#B7410E).

In RGB terms — rgb(188, 49, 11) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BC310B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BC310B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BC310B color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BC310B color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#701D06

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Black

#000000

#BC310B color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BC310B color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BB0A2B

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#BC310B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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#0B96BC
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#0B3DBC
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#0BBC8A
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#BC0B3D
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#0BBC31
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#310BBC
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#96BC0B
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#310BBC
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#3DBC0B
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#0B96BC
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#8A0BBC
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Nearest named colors to #BC310B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Lemon Iced Tea color link
Lemon Iced Tea

#BD3000

Terlingua Orange color link
Terlingua Orange

#C13C0F

Rust color link
Rust

#B7410E

Rustic Coral color link
Rustic Coral

#AE3415

Mahogany color link
Mahogany

#C04000

Vintage Red color link
Vintage Red

#AF2413

Rust Red color link
Rust Red

#AA2704

Sinopia color link
Sinopia

#CB410B

Strong Vermilion color link
Strong Vermilion

#A82A00

Metallic Brown color link
Metallic Brown

#AC4313

Chilli Pepper color link
Chilli Pepper

#C11B17

Brick Orange color link
Brick Orange

#C14A09

#BC310B color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BC310B
  • RGB188, 49, 11
  • CMYK0, 55, 69, 26
  • CSSrgb(188, 49, 11)
  • HSL13°, 89%, 39%
  • HSL Precise12.881°, 88.945%, 39.02%
  • HSV13°, 94%, 74%
  • HSB13°, 94%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.192
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.043
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.192, 0.043)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.192, 0.043, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.192, 0.043)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB19.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB4.3%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDBC310B
  • DECIMAL ID12333323
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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